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| To Agilulph, King of the Lombards.
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Epistle XLII.
To Agilulph, King of the Lombards.
Gregory to Agilulph, &c.
We return thanks to your Excellency, that, hearkening to our petition, you have concluded such a peace as may be
of advantage to both parties, as we had confidence in you that you
would. On this account we greatly commend your prudence and
goodness, since in choosing peace you have shewn that you love God, who
is its author. For, if unhappily peace had not been made, what
else could have ensued but, with sin and danger on both sides, the
shedding of the blood of miserable peasants34
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Rusticorum. Cf. I. 44, p. 88, note 1, and
Prolegom., p. viii. | ,
whose labour profits both? But, that we may feel the advantage to
us of this peace, as it has been made by you, we beg you, greeting you
with paternal charity, that as often as opportunity offers itself, you
would enjoin by letters on your dukes in divers places, and especially
those who are constituted in these parts, that they keep this peace
inviolate, as has been promised, and not seek for themselves any
occasions whence either any contention or any ill-feeling may arise, to
the end that we may be able to give thanks still more for your good
will. We received the bearers of these presents, as being in very
truth your own people, with the affection that was becoming, since it
was right both to receive and dismiss with charity men who are wise,
and who announced that by the favour of God peace had been
concluded.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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